Title 6 Laws of Bermuda Item 1(b)

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 8/1972

CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) ORDER 1972

[made under section 6 of the Consular Relations Act 1971 [title 6 item 1] and brought into operation on 1 March 1972]

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

1 Extension of exemption from dues and taxes

2 Extension of exemption from taxation

3 Extension of exemption from customs duties

4 Conditions applicable to Articles 2 and 3

5 [omitted]

Extension of exemption from dues and taxes

1 The like exemption from dues and taxes as is accorded under Article 32 in Schedule 1 to the Consular Relations Act 1971 [title 6 item 1] (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), to the residence of the career head of a consular post shall be extended to the residence of a consular officer, consular employee, consular guard, messenger or driver of the United States of America of which the United States of America or any person acting on its behalf is the owner or lessee.

Extension of exemption from taxation

2 Paragraph 1 of Article 49 in Schedule 1 to the Act (exemption from taxation) shall be extended to members of the service staff of any consular post of the United States of America who are consular guards messengers or drivers, provided that the member concerned of the service staff satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4 of this Order.

1989 Revision 1 CONSULAR RELATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) ORDER 1972

Extension of exemption from customs duties

3 Paragraph 2 of Article 50 in Schedule 1 to the Act (exemption from customs duties) shall be applied in regard to members of consular posts of the United States of America as if the reference to consular employees included consular guards, messengers and drivers, and as if the words "in respect of articles imported at the time of first installation" were omitted, provided that the member concerned of the consular post satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4 of this Order.

Conditions applicable to Articles 2 and 3

4 The conditions referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of this Order are that the person concerned—

(a) is not—

(i) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen; or

(ii) a person who under the British Nationality Act

1981 is a Commonwealth citizen; or

(iii) a British protected person (within the meaning of that Act);

(b) does not carry on any private gainful occupation in Bermuda; and

(c) is not permanently resident in Bermuda.

Commencement

5 [omitted]

2 1989 Revision